Teac A-6300 update and some more questions

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Reel to reel, cassette and other analogue tape formats.

I'd like to thank everybody for their help and ask a few newbie questions.
So, I cleaned the hell out of the deck, vacuumed the inside, etc. I used some contact cleaner on the pinch roller, and a bit of Hammond oil. The roller now snaps in place when I hit play. However, when I hit fast or stop, it doesn't snap back, it just slides back slower that it should. Oh well--I'll get the service manual next week and get to work.
My questions are these:
Can I leave the tape on the machine for a day or so? I haven't set up the deck in my main system yet, so I'm just using headphones and don't have time to listen to a whole tape at a time.
Any suggestions on how to avoid rewinding or fast forwarding all the way to the end of the reel? Do I need to get used to watching it until it gets close and then winding the rest of the way by hand?
-PK

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Topic - Teac A-6300 update and some more questions - pkonin 07:08:08 08/14/06 (6)

Re: Teac A-6300 update and some more questions - soundnut 12:44:29 08/14/06 (5)

Re: Teac A-6300 update and some more questions - pkonin 07:17:27 08/15/06 (4)

Tails out & stuff - soundnut 12:25:03 08/15/06 (3)

Thanks!! - pkonin 07:00:36 08/16/06 (2)

No problem - soundnut 14:28:03 08/16/06 (1)

Re: No problem - pkonin 06:40:11 08/23/06 (0)

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